Evidence
20 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-20).
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[1]research packet 402-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity); builder/dates UNVERIFIABLE — real identity: USS LCI(L)-230 — sources: named as "USS LCI(L)-230 (?)" in Task Group 77.2, Hollandia landings, 22 Apr 1944, on the opened-and-read pages https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21142.html and https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/21144.html (the "(?)" in the source denotes unknown commanding officer, not identity doubt); Wikipedia USN LCI list [snippet] also lists USS LCI(L)-230
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-pkt-402-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LCI(R)-230 ex USS LCI(L)-230 (Amphibious Photo Archive 150230) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Amphibious Photo Archive page 10/15/150230.htm: awards block, campaign table, spec block, Emirau photo caption; URL verified live (GET 200; HEAD requests return 406) on 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- LCI-1 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): laid down 22 November 1942 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA; launched 31 December 1942; commissioned USS LCI(L)-230, 6 January 1943. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with campaign credits: Hollandia (Aitape/Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay, 21-25 April 1944); Western New Guinea (Toem-Wakde-Sarmi, 17 May 1944; Biak, 27-28 May and 29 May-1 June 1944); Leyte (12 October-29 November 1944); Luzon (Mindoro, 12-18 December 1944; Lingayen Gulf, 4-18 January 1945); Consolidation of the Southern Philippines (Palawan, 26 February 1945; Visayan islands, 26-28 March 1945); and Borneo (Balikpapan, 26 June-7 July 1945). Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket), USS LCI(R)-230, 10 July 1945. Decommissioned 25 March 1946. Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946. Sold 5 December 1946; final fate unknown. Earned six battle stars. Specifications: 216 t light / 234 t landing / 389 t loaded; 158 ft 5.5 in x 23 ft 3 in; 16 knots max, 14 knots continuous; complement 3 officers + 21 enlisted as LCI(L), 3 + 31 as LCI(R); troop capacity 6 officers + 182 enlisted; cargo 75 t; twin-screw GM diesel propulsion (two sets of four GM 6-51/71 diesels, 2,320 shp); armament as LCI(L): four single 20 mm, two .50-cal; as LCI(R): one 40 mm bow, four 20 mm, two .50-cal, six 5-inch rocket launchers. NARA photograph caption on the page: LCI(L)-224 and LCI(L)-230 at Emirau Island, 20 March 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Crew: 3 officers, 21 enlisted as LCI(L) (3/31 as LCI(R)); embarked troops up to 6 officers, 182 enlisted
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained private archive, not a government publication; its build/milestone dates agree with the Lawley yard table, uboat.net, and a handwritten commission/decommission annotation on the ship's own 1943 muster-roll cover (ev-03). The 10 July 1945 reclassification date is contradicted by primary records: the ship was the LCI(R) flagship of the Mindoro inshore-support unit on 15 December 1944 (ev-05) and filed her own 'LCI(R) 230' action report in March 1945 (ev-06) - conversion preceded the administrative date; uboat.net gives 15 July 1945. Palawan date carried as 26 February here vs NAVPERS eligibility 28 February (ev-13) - minor conflict logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-01
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List 44: List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947 (1978), Ships by Signal Number Designation, LCI(LXG) block (ship-number PDF, page 30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, ship-number listing p.30, rows 'LCI(LXG)-230 | 1/6/1943 | 2/28/1945' and 'LCI(LXG)-230 | 4/1/1945 | 6/30/1945' - verified verbatim via pdftotext; landing page https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's deck-log inventory carries two logbook rows for this hull, printed under the designation 'LCI(LXG)-230': 'LCI(LXG)-230 | 1/6/1943 | 2/28/1945' and 'LCI(LXG)-230 | 4/1/1945 | 6/30/1945' - i.e., one logbook covering commissioning day through February 1945 and a second covering April-June 1945, with a March 1945 gap between the inventoried volumes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-01-06 to 1945-02-28; 1945-04-01 to 1945-06-30
- Limitations
- An inventory entry, not the logs themselves: it establishes that two deck logbooks for this hull exist in NARA custody (RG 24, College Park) but says nothing about their content; the logs are not digitized in the National Archives Catalog. Coverage dates are logbook coverage, not asserted commissioning/decommissioning dates, and the March 1945 gap does not imply a service gap. 'LCI(LXG)' is the inventory's designation spelling for this hull - the ship appears elsewhere only as LCI(L)-230 and LCI(R)-230.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-02
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[4]National Archives Catalog: 'LCI(L) 230 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120208799 (digitized; forwarding sheet read from scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 120208799, quarterly-roll forwarding sheet dated 31 March 1943 (N. Nav. 5 form), read from the digitized image; catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized muster-roll set for 'U.S.S. LCI (L) 230'. The forwarding sheet for the quarterly roll 'on the Thirty First day of March, 1943' carries a handwritten service-span annotation 'Com. 1-6-43 to 3-25-46 decom.' - an official Navy record corroborating the 6 January 1943 commissioning and 25 March 1946 decommissioning dates. Certified by E. Grant Fitts, Ensign, USNR (Executive Officer); approved by W. S. Symonds, Jr., Ensign, USNR (Commanding Officer), 1 April 1943; forwarded 1 May 1943 'From Sea'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-01-06 to 1943-03-31 (roll period); annotation spans 1943-01-06 to 1946-03-25
- Population
- Ship's company (names on roll pages; CO W. S. Symonds, Jr., Ens. USNR; XO E. Grant Fitts, Ens. USNR)
- Limitations
- Cover/forwarding sheets were read; the full quarterly personnel rolls in the file unit were not transcribed line-by-line. The handwritten 'Com. 1-6-43 to 3-25-46 decom.' annotation corroborates secondary-source dates from a Navy-generated document. The rolls themselves are the personnel-level record relevant to any individual-exposure question. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-03
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[5]National Archives Catalog: 'LCI(R) 230 - Muster Rolls', NAID 120208877 (digitized; forwarding sheet read from scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 120208877, quarterly-roll forwarding sheet dated 1 October 1945, read from the digitized image; catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Digitized muster-roll set under the rocket designation: 'MUSTER ROLL OF THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. LCI (R) 230', quarterly roll 'On the First day of October, 1945' (NAVPERS 605 form) - confirming the ship was carried as LCI(R) 230 in personnel records by the fourth quarter of 1945. Submission: 1-page quarterly roll, 4 pages of changes, 1 recapitulation sheet. Certified by A. W. Burns, Lt.(jg), USNR (Executive Officer); approved by the commanding officer, a Lt.(jg) USNR whose signature is only partially legible; forwarded 1 October 1945 'From U.S.S. LCI (R) 230'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-10-01 (roll date)
- Population
- Ship's company, LCI(R) period (XO A. W. Burns, Lt.(jg) USNR)
- Limitations
- Cover/forwarding sheet read; individual roll pages not transcribed. CO signature block is partially legible ('Lt.(jg) USNR') - not asserted as a name. Personnel rolls are the individual-exposure record class for this hull. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-04
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[6]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): COM LCI(R) GR 20 Mindoro forwarding report, 19 December 1944 - microfilm Roll A1856, images 0906-0907 (micro serial 140112); catalog file unit NAID 83569019 [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 83569019, images 0906-0907 of Roll A1856, read from digitized scans; catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- COM LCI(R) GR 20 forwarding letter dated 19 December 1944 (letterhead 'Commander Group 20, LCI(L) Flotilla Seven, Seventh Amphibious Force'; file ComLCI(R)Gr20/A16-3), subject 'Action Report - Mindoro Operation, 15 December 1944'. Enclosure (A) is 'Action Report, Commanding Officer, LCI(R) 230' (annotated micro serial 106827). Paragraph 1: 'The following ships of this command comprised the rocket parts of the Inshore Support Unit of Task Unit 78.3.7: LCI(R) 230 (F), 337, 338, 342 and 34. LCI(D) 228 made up the demolition part of the unit.' Signed R. E. Sargent, Commander LCI(R) Group 20. Documents the ship operating as a rocket craft and unit flagship in December 1944 - six-plus months before the administrative reclassification date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-12-15 to 1944-12-19
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked staff of Commander LCI(R) Group 20
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational record; contains no asbestos information. The ship's own Mindoro action report (Enclosure A) is separately archived under micro serial 106827 - its catalog file unit was not located by title this session and is carried as an archival lead. The trailing 'and 34' in the unit list is recorded as read (LCI(R)-34 is a real hull operating in the same ecosystem - she appears in the Balikpapan close-support OOB); no expansion asserted. Establishes she was physically a rocket ship and unit flagship by 15 December 1944.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-05
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[7]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.6 - report of operations Cebu City 3/26-28/45' file unit with Enclosure (F) 'Action Report LCI(R) 230' - NAID 140027016 (digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 140027016, catalog images 0156-0174 read (forwarding letter + enclosure set incl. Enclosure F); catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.6 action-report file for the Cebu City landings, 26-28 March 1945 (Operation Victor II). The forwarding letter (Comdr. D. H. Day, USN, 31 March 1945) lists 'Enclosure (F): Action Report LCI(R) 230' - the ship's own action report survives inside this file unit and was read: the letterhead misprints 'U.S.S. LCI(G) 230' while the body and signature block read LCI(R) 230; signed W. A. Hughes, Jr.; copies routed to ComLCI(L)Flot7 and ComLCI(R)Gru20. The unit-level report covers the support-unit landings south of Cebu City under TU 78.2.6.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-03-26 to 1945-03-31
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked staff of Commander Task Unit 78.2.6
- Limitations
- Ship-generated report - ship-specific for history; contains no asbestos information. The 'LCI(G) 230' letterhead is a clerical error: the enclosing file, the report body, and the order of battle all read LCI(R) 230, and she is listed among LCI(R)s in TU 78.2.6. Signature 'W. A. Hughes, Jr.' vs the uboat.net order of battle's 'Lt.(jg) R.M. Prestidge, USNR' commanding at Cebu - an unreconciled rotation/transcription difference logged in gaps. Her role as unit flagship (embarking CTU 78.2.6 / Day) is consistent across the file and the OOB.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-06
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[8]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'LCI(R)-230 - Rep of opers in the assault landings in the Balikpapan Area, Borneo, 7/1-2/45' - NAID 101774580 (digitized, 5 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 101774580, images 0852-0856 read in full; catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report for the Balikpapan operation (Operation Oboe II): 'LCI(R)-230 - Rep of opers in the assault landings in the Balikpapan Area, Borneo, 7/1-2/45', digitized (5 images) and read. The report documents LCI(R)-230 as flagship for Commander Task Unit 78.2.8 (Close Support Unit, T/Cdr. D. H. Day, USN embarked) during the 1-2 July 1945 assault landings; commanding officer Lt. E. L. Grimes, USNR; the ship fired 1,036 rockets and 260 rounds of 40 mm ammunition in 11 and 12 rocket salvoes on the two days; no casualties to ship's company were reported; routing includes ComLCI(L)Flot7.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-06-26 to 1945-07-07 (operation window; report covers 1-2 July 1945 landings)
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked staff of Commander Task Unit 78.2.8
- Limitations
- Ship-generated action report - ship-specific for history; contains no asbestos information. Ammunition expenditure figures are the ship's own account. Documents the third successive operation in which the hull served as the close-support unit flagship under Comdr. Day (Mindoro TU 78.3.7, Cebu TU 78.2.6, Balikpapan TU 78.2.8).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-07
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[9]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.8 Balikpapan operation report - NAID 77466913 (digitized, 14 images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 77466913, images 0604-0617 read; catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- COMTASK-UNIT 78.2.8 action report for the Balikpapan operation - the unit-level record for the close-support unit for which LCI(R)-230 served as flagship. Read from digitized scans (images 0604-0617).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-06-26 to 1945-07-07
- Population
- TU 78.2.8 close-support unit (LCS(L)s and LCI(R)s); ship's company
- Limitations
- Unit-level record naming this hull as the unit flagship - corroborating context for ev-07; contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-08
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[10]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'COM LCI(R) GR 20 - War Diary, 8/30/45 TO 11/30/45' - NAID 140083537 (digitized) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 140083537, images 0272-0286 read; catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- COM LCI(R) GR 20 war diary covering 30 August - 30 November 1945 (forwarded 1 December 1945 aboard flagship USS LCI(R) 340, signed K. R. Watson). The November 1945 section records LCI(R)-230 at Baten Ko alongside a tender, under repair for sea, and on 6 November 1945 directed to report to CTG 13.13 - documenting her postwar occupation-era movements within the Philippine/Borneo area during the NAVPERS eligibility window (17 September - 5 December 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1945-08-30 to 1945-11-30
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- Unit diary - ship-specific only for the entries naming the hull; 'Baten Ko' transcribed as written in the diary (Borneo-area anchorage; precise geographic pin not asserted). The diary was microfilmed as a bound volume; frames read digitally. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-09
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[11]NARA WWII War Diaries series (RG 38): 'COM LCI(L) FLOT 7 - War Diary, 12/1/43 to 11/30/44' - NAID 78717797 (digitized microfilm negatives) [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 78717797, cover + December 1943 organization frames (0662-0664) read; catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- COM LCI(L) FLOT 7 war diary covering 1 December 1943 - 30 November 1944 (forwarded 13 December 1944, signed H. F. McGee) - the flotilla to which this hull's later group (LCI(R) Group 20) was administratively subordinate. Frames are negative microfilm (inverted for reading). The December 1943 organization roster does NOT list LCI(L)-230 among Flotilla Seven hulls - she had not yet joined the flotilla when her war record begins in April 1944.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-12-01 to 1944-11-30
- Limitations
- Only the December 1943 roster section was read - absence there dates her flotilla assignment to 1944 but does not fix the month; later organization sheets in the same diary were not exhaustively checked and may document the join. Her first battle-star credit (Hollandia, 21-25 April 1944) brackets the window. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-10
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[12]National Archives Catalog: 'LCI(L)-230', RG 19 Bureau of Ships ship engineering drawings (microfilm) - NAID 175662705 [other_primary]
- Locator
- National Archives Catalog NAID 175662705 catalog description; catalog page verified 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Catalog file unit 'LCI(L)-230' in Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) microfilmed ship engineering drawings - the hull's official plan set. Contents not examined (microfilm).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (construction/configuration era)
- Limitations
- Catalog-level lead only - the drawing set was not pulled or read. Bureau of Ships plan sets are the most promising untapped source class for ship-specific materials/insulation evidence for this hull; finding an insulation or piping diagram in this film could upgrade the record. Contents cannot be asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-11
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[13]uboat.net, Allied Warships, 'USS LCI(L)-230 (LCI(L)-230)' vessel page (ship/21146) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net ship/21146 data table and 'Notable events' list; URL verified live 200 OK on 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corroborating vessel data sheet: LCI 1 class, built by George Lawley & Sons (Neponset, MA), laid down 22 November 1942, launched 31 December 1942, commissioned 6 January 1943; 'Reclassified as LCI(R), Landing Craft Rocket on 15 July 1945'; 'Sold on 5 December 1946'. 'Notable events' transcribe official orders of battle placing the hull as LCI(R)-230 in Task Unit 78.2.6 - the support unit, with Lt.(jg) R.M. Prestidge, USNR commanding and T/Cdr. D.H. Day, USN embarked (i.e., flagship) - for the Cebu landings of Operation Victor II (24 March 1945 entry), and in Task Group 78.2.8, the Close Support Unit under T/Cdr. Day, with Lt.(jg) E.L. Grimes, USNR commanding and Day embarked, for the Balikpapan landings of Operation Oboe II (1 July 1945 entry).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- Well-maintained specialist naval-history database but unofficial; the page itself carries no command listing ('We don't have any commands listed') - officer names come from transcribed task-force orders of battle. Its 15 July 1945 reclassification date conflicts with NavSource's 10 July 1945, and both postdate primary evidence of in-service rocket configuration (December 1944 flagship; March 1945 LCI(R) letterhead). Prestidge (Cebu OOB) vs 'W. A. Hughes, Jr.' signature on the ship's own Cebu report is unreconciled - logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-12
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[14]Department of the Navy, NAVPERS 15,790 'Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual' (1948 ed., changes through 1953), Part IV campaign/service-medal eligibility tables - HyperWar transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- Awards-IV-16.html rows 'LCI(L) 230' (P40, P28-3, P28-4) and 'LCI(R) 230' (P31-1, P32-1, P32-2, P39-1, P39-2, P37-3); occupation/service section Awards-IV-17.html row 'LCI (L) 230' Asia 9/17-12/5/45; both URLs verified live 200 OK 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official award-eligibility entries for this hull across three spellings. As 'LCI(L) 230': Hollandia operation, 21-25 April 1944 (code P40); Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area, 17 May 1944 (P28-3); Biak Island, 27-28 May 1944 and 29 May-1 June 1944 (P28-4). As 'LCI(R) 230': Leyte landings, 12 October-29 November 1944 (P31-1); Mindoro landings, 12-18 December 1944 (P32-1); Lingayen Gulf, 4-18 January 1945 (P32-2); Palawan, 28 February 1945 (P39-1); Visayan Island landings, 26-28 March 1945 (P39-2); Balikpapan, 26 June-7 July 1945 (P37-3). As 'LCI (L) 230' in the occupation-service section: Asia-clasp eligibility, 17 September - 5 December 1945. The six operation groups correspond to NavSource's six battle stars; the LCI(L)/LCI(R) split in the register falls between 1 June and 12 October 1944 - consistent with the physical conversion window established by primary documents.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1944-04-21 to 1945-12-05
- Population
- Ship's company
- Limitations
- An award-eligibility register, not an operational narrative - it fixes credited presence dates, not what the ship did each day. Palawan eligibility (28 Feb 1945) differs by two days from NavSource's campaign-table date (26 February); both carried, logged in gaps. The occupation-era entry filing under 'LCI (L) 230' is a clerical convention, not evidence of de-conversion. HyperWar is a volunteer transcription - the underlying NAVPERS manual is the authority.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-13
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[15]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton): 'Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) - LCI(L)' per-hull table (live) + 'George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA' yard build table (Wayback Machine capture 2016-03-05 - live page removed); corroborated by the Naval Marine Archive mirror of the same dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- lcil.htm row 230 verified live 200 OK 2026-09-29; lawley.htm returns 404 - Wayback capture https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191445/www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/6yachtsmall/lawley.htm row '1270 | LCI(L) 230' read and labeled archived; https://navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/lcil.html live 200 OK
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The live per-hull table lists 'LCI(L) | 230 | Lawley & Sons | Neponset MA | 6-Jan-43 | Sold 1946' - independently confirming builder, delivery month (= commissioning date), and disposal year. The archived Lawley yard table lists yard hull 1270 as 'LCI(L) 230', US Navy landing craft, 216 t / 158 ft, Jan-43, 'Later LCI(R) 230, sold 1946' - placing her in the consecutive yard run of Lawley-built LCIs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1943; 1946
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-data compilations, not contract or delivery records; the 'delivery' date here corresponds to the commissioning date in Navy-facing sources. 'Sold 1946' is consistent with NavSource's 5 December 1946 sale date. The yard-hull number (1270) comes only from the archived yard table. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-14
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[16]Australian War Memorial Collection, item 304847 (photograph, LCI-230 practice landing, HMAS Assault, Port Stephens NSW) [museum_official]
- Locator
- AWM collection page 304847 caption text; URL verified live 200 OK 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Australian War Memorial photograph 304847, official caption: 'HMAS ASSAULT, COMBINED OPERATIONS SCHOOL, PORT STEPHENS, NSW. AMERICAN TROOPS FROM THE 32ND INFANTRY DIVISION STORM ASHORE FROM LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY LCI-230 IN THE COURSE OF A PRACTICE LANDING.' Documents the ship conducting amphibious training at the Australian combined-operations school during her Pacific work-up.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (estimated window; undated)
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked 32nd Infantry Division troops (training)
- Limitations
- The caption is undated; the practice-landing timeframe (1943, while the 32nd Division trained at Port Stephens) is context, not asserted. Confirms the ship's presence in Australian waters before her first operation credit. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-15
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[17]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USCG-Manned LCI(L)s' roster page [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.uscg.mil USCG-Manned-LCI-L-s roster - hull 230 absent; page verified via firecrawl 2026-09-29 (plain curl receives 403)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office roster of Coast Guard-manned LCI(L)s in World War II (28 hulls: LCI(L)-83 through -96, -319 through -326, -349, -350, -520, -562, -581, -583) does not include hull 230 - she was Navy-manned, consistent with the USN/USNR officer signatures on her muster rolls and action reports.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Negative on the manning axis only: establishes Navy manning, which matters for personnel-record routing (all crew documentation is Navy, not USCG). Roster covers all CG-manned LCI(L)s, not just Normandy hulls despite the page's D-Day filing. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-16
-
[18]Era inference built on: NavSource LCI(L)-1 class specifications (twin-screw GM diesel propulsion, no steam plant); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy asbestos-era context (separate row); standard WWII naval-vessel outfitting practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- Synthesis row; inputs cited in ev-01 (NavSource spec block), ev-14 (build table), ev-18 (GAO)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The vessel was a 158-ft diesel-powered landing craft of 1942 U.S. Navy construction - squarely inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. With no steam plant, the characteristic asbestos pathways of larger combatants (boiler and steam-line lagging, turbine insulation) do not apply; the era-consistent applications for a diesel landing craft are machinery and exhaust insulation, engine-room gaskets and flange packing, valve and pump packing, electrical insulation, and insulation felts in accommodation spaces. Asbestos presence aboard this specific hull is an era-consistent inference, not a documented fact.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (3 officers, 21 enlisted as LCI(L); 3/31 as LCI(R)); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Inference only - no spec sheet, contract, survey, or crew account identifies any asbestos product aboard LCI(L)-230. LCIs were austere, mass-produced landing craft; the quantity and extent of any asbestos aboard would plausibly have been far below that of a steam-driven combatant. Her mid-service conversion to a rocket craft (physically complete by December 1944) and postwar disposal are undocumented for materials. Does not establish quantity, exposure of any individual, or present-day condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-17
-
[19]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure', HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO program-level documentation that asbestos insulation was used extensively aboard Navy ships during and after World War II and that the Navy did not begin limiting asbestos exposure in its shipyards until the early 1970s - establishing that this vessel's 1942 construction falls inside the Navy's asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s-1970s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level report; it does not name this hull, this class, or landing craft generally, and its fieldwork concerned shipyard workers, not crews. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (confirmed this session) - the product-page description is the cited material, full text not pulled. Carried as era context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-18
-
[20]Batch-5021 search ledger (this record): NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive; NARA Special List 44 (archives.gov PDF); NARA Catalog (muster rolls, engineering drawings, war diaries, ship-generated action reports); uboat.net; Shipbuilding History + Naval Marine Archive; HyperWar ships table and NAVPERS awards manual; Australian War Memorial; USCG-manned LCI(L) roster; NHHC/DANFS; Naval Vessel Register; GAO; CourtListener; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-01 through -17
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials specification, or docketed case naming LCI(L)-230 or LCI(R)-230 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Unlike sunk hulls, a survey-grade record for this vessel is not structurally excluded - she survived the war, was decommissioned and stricken in 1946, and sold out of government custody in December 1946 - but none was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - 1942 Navy construction norms make era-typical materials plausible. CourtListener opinion search completed with zero hits on four name/hull variants (see search_ledger), but the docket arm and three spelling variants remained pacing-blocked at session end - the litigation check is a partial 'no result', not comprehensive. This row does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lci-l-230-lcil230-19